Pulled muscles and back injuries are nothing compared to the devastation the fall elections could inflict on the rosters for the 2013 edition of the CQ Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game. This year could be the final game for more than a dozen Members of Congress who face serious re-election challenges, but November could also […]
As Democrats struggle to net 25 seats and win back the House majority in November, no single state reflects the party’s challenges more than Pennsylvania. After all, Pennsylvania has gone Democratic in the past five presidential contests, and the apparent movement of the Philadelphia suburbs away from the GOP during the past two decades suggests […]
While Democrats continue to insist that the House is “in play” in November, a dispassionate assessment of individual districts in all 50 states suggests Republicans remain solid favorites to retain control of the House in November’s elections. The Democrats’ difficulties are magnified by President Obama’s growing problems, including weak job numbers over the past three […]
Moments after the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the constitutionality of the health care law, observers were already assessing its political implications for the November elections. The decision “amounts to a massive political win for the incumbent,” wrote Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post. “The decision will certainly be a plus for President Barack Obama’s re-election […]
Orrin Hatch captured the GOP nomination, and a seventh term in the Senate, on Tuesday by defeating former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist, 67 percent to 32 percent. Hatch nearly secured the nomination outright at the April convention, but fell just short of 60 percent of the delegates necessary. That showing likely scared off potential outside […]
The rumors of Charlie Rangel’s demise were, once again, over-exaggerated., though the longtime Democratic congressman had to beat back a spirited challenge from state Sen. Adriano Espailliat, 46 percent to 39 percent. Most Democratic observers expect this will be the last time the 82 year-old congressman will stand for re-election and believe he simply wanted […]
In one of the most surprising outcomes of this election cycle, Rep. John Sullivan lost in the GOP primary in Oklahoma’s 1st District. Like his colleague in Ohio, Rep. Jean Schmidt, Sullivan didn’t take his primary race seriously enough from the beginning and, by the time he figured out he was in danger, it was […]